ASX-listed European Lithium has announced a shareholders agreement with Obeikan Group to construct and commission a large-scale hydroxide processing plant in Saudi Arabia to convert spodumene concentrate from the Wolfsberg lithium project, in Australia. The newly...
In a move to safeguard national interests amid global geopolitical competition, Canada’s Industry Minister, Francois-Philippe Champagne, has announced stringent measures governing foreign capital in the mining sector. Emphasising the need for clarity on the...
BHP has started environmental processing to have the transport at its Escondida copper mine in Chile transitioned to an electric trolley system. The Big Australian will invest around $US250 million ($371.6 million) in the project at Escondida, which it owns in a joint...
After a successful trial at the Iron Bridge mine, Epiroc and Fortescue are set to bring the autonomous SmartROC D65 MKII to Fortescue’s Solomon Hub. Epiroc and Fortescue first formed an automation partnership in 2021, which involved Epiroc trialling the autonomous...
Chilean copper mining giant Codelco’s output continued to decline year-on-year in the first half of 2024 but should tick up in the second half of this year, the chairman of the State-run miner, Pacheco said he did not expect to adjust this year’s copper...
